to us in the essay “On Keeping a Notebook” that her point of “keeping a notebook has never been‚ nor is it now‚ to have an accurate factual record of what I have been doing or thinking” (77). Throughout “On Keeping‚” Didion tells us her reasoning for keeping a notebook is to see the types of expressions of how a person is feeling at a point in time‚ rather than keeping a diary which is just a record of dated events. Didion tells us that keepers of private notebooks are lonely and nervous children
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Keeping a Notebook‚” demonstrates that an individual’s perception of the world determines their notebook’s contents‚ of which‚ only has significance to the individual. Didion’s purpose is to promote the idea that keeping a notebook helps individuals to remember the details of life so that when life gets bleak there’s something to hold onto. She adopts a contemplative tone in order to elaborate the significance on keeping a notebook. Didion builds her essay around her personal notebook entries and
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and this is what we called Dementia. Along with this health condition some problems arises too‚ they tend to have more likely to suffer depression as they were brought to the healthcare facility‚ they have a new environment and/or cannot cope if tragic events arise in their past life. In this case study‚ I will be discussing a patient who is presently admitted
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Lewy Body Dementia Lewy Body Dementia‚ also known as LBD‚ is a topic that hits home for me. My grandfather passed away a year ago and was originally diagnosed with LBD. My family had never heard of such a disease before it personally affected us. As I further researched the medical condition I came to discover that not being aware of this disease was not really an uncommon thing. Actually‚ it is considered to be extremely difficult to diagnose. LBD has close relations with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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Dementia Awareness Unit 1. Explain what the term Dementia means 2. Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia 3. Explain why depression‚ delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia 4. Outline the medical models of dementia 5. Outline the social models of dementia 6. Explain why dementia should be viewed as a disability 7. List the most common causes of dementia 8. Describe the likely signs and symptoms of the most common causes
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UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA INTRODUCTION Dementia is a progressive illness which occurs when the brain is damaged by disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer ’s disease‚ Huntington ’s disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) or a series of strokes. The term dementia is not the actual disease in its own right but is the collective term used to describe the group of related symptoms caused by the gradual death of brain cells. These symptoms include memory loss‚ problems with reasoning‚ perception‚
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Chapter One 1.1 What is Dementia? Dementia is a broad term used to describe a various amount of diseases that are associated with the decline in the mental state. One of the most common forms of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. It is the main culprit for almost half the cases of dementia seen in patients (O’ Shea‚ 2007). Other common forms of dementia include vascular dementia‚ mixed dementia and Lewy body dementia. The more uncommon forms of dementia include picks disease‚ Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Dementia awareness Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is 1. Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ Dementia is a non-specific illness syndrome with serious loss of global cognitive ability. It can be static or progressive. More common above the age of 65 but can occur before that age‚ when it’s called „early on set dementia”. It can occur becouse of a brain injury (e.g. stroke) or with a disease or damage in the body (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease‚ Parkinson disease). The main signs and symptoms
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What is dementia? Dementia is a very common‚ incurable group of life conditions that interfere with daily functioning. It is chronic and can last for years or be life-long. Dementia is not a disease‚ it’s a group of symptoms that affect one’s ability to think‚ memory‚ as well as social life or the rest of their life. Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. Damage to the brain cells interferes with the brain cell’s ability to be able to communicate with each other. Without communication with
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Understand the neurology of Dementia Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Dementia syndrome is a combination of conditions‚ which are sometimes called a mixed dementia. Causes of dementia are: • Specific diseases; Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s disease. • Cerebral vascular accident such as stroke of the brain • A group of conditions/brain disorders Alzheimer’s is caused by broken signals within the brain leading to the death of brain cells‚ this can also lead to a shortage of some important
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